Psalm 51

Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in the Septuagint numbering) is one of the Penitential Psalms. It begins:

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: Have mercy on me, O God

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Many Psalms include introductory text in the manuscript attributing it to a particular author and sometimes to an occasion. Based on texts of this Psalm, the New King James Version of the Bible introduces it with these words: "To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba." Traditional Christians typically take this at face value, but higher criticism has identified groups of psalms having separate authors, this being amongst them.

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As a penitential Psalm, it is one of the most frequently used Psalms in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is typically included during the Mystery of Repentance (corresponds to the sacrament of confession in the West), in personal daily prayers, and many of the liturgical services.

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Septuagint: The Septuagint (LXX) is the name commonly given in the West to the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) produced from the third to first century BC. The Septuagint Bible includes additional books beyond those used in today's Jewish Tanakh. The additional books were composed in Greek...

Penitential Psalms: The Penitential Psalms or Psalms of Confession is a name given from very early times to Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, and 130 (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, and 129 in the Septuagint numbering),...

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